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  • Anyone Who Knows The History Of The Adventist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on May 7, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,039 views

    Anyone who knows the history of the Adventist church knows that our founders started out believing they knew when Jesus would return. As they studied the prophecies of the Word of God, they became convinced that His return was imminent. When it didn’t happen as expected – that day we mark as the ...read more

  • There Are Many Ways To Address Problems. North ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on May 17, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,223 views

    There are many ways to address problems. North Dakota Indian tribe wisdom[sermon-fodder.com, 9-27-03]: If you discover you are riding a dead horse, dismount. We often expand this basic tribal wisdom in our church life and personal life. If we find ourselves on a dead horse, we simply change ...read more

  • A Few Years Back, A Galveston Church Had A ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 23, 2004
    based on 23 ratings
     | 3,187 views

    A few years back, a Galveston church had a Tithing Demonstration Sunday for its members. On a designated Sunday everyone was asked to give a tithe of one week’s salary. They urged everyone … whether or not they usually tithed … to give a tithe that one time. As you could imagine, the offering ...read more

  • In One Scene Of The Popular Movie Robin Hood, The ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,678 views

    In one scene of the popular movie Robin Hood, The Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner as Robin comes to a young man taking aim at an archery target. Robin asks, "Can you shoot amid distractions?" Just before the boy releases the string, Robin pokes his ear with the feathers of an arrow. The boy’s ...read more

  • One Of The Hard, Mature Things We All Have To Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 5, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,276 views

    One of the hard, mature things we all have to do is to separate fact from fiction. I heard a cute story about a kid who finally began to face up to the fragility of his belief in the Tooth Fairy. He confronted his mother and asked her, “Mom, are you the Tooth Fairy?” Well, she gave a little sigh, ...read more

  • Smoke Signal  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,237 views

    The only survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the ...read more

  • Religion Pays: Economist Jonathan Gruber Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,946 views

    Religion Pays: Economist Jonathan Gruber has found a statistical correlation between attending church and a Better Economic Outcome. Published in a National Bureau of Economic Research paper, he finds a household with double the normal rate of religious attendance has 9.1% more income. That extra ...read more

  • True Spirituality Is Not Just Natural ...

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 19, 2006
     | 1,615 views

    True spirituality is not just natural temperament, it’s the work of God’s Spirit changing our hearts. Our old Tabby cat Smokey (who sadly had to be put down) was simply not a lap cat. Whatever you did you simply couldn’t coax him to sit on your lap and be nice. You see, it just wasn’t in his ...read more

  • During The Week I Spoke With A Client Who Had ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Sep 25, 2006
     | 1,322 views

    During the week I spoke with a client who had been very successful in business, He had made Millions in his field, and continues to make millions. In the course of our meeting he had reason to speak to a young business man in his late 20’s who had just experienced what he thought was an ...read more

  • Did You Come Here In A Car This Morning? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 939 views

    Did you come here in a car this morning? Somewhere around 100 people die in the US in car wrecks everyday. No one plans on that happening to them today, but for around 100 people, that’s what will happen…today. Today, somewhere around 1,300 people will die of heart attacks in the US. None of ...read more

  • A Story I Recently Read Reminds Of One Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,041 views

    A story I recently read reminds of one other thing we can do with God’s Word. A missionary in Africa gave a Bible to a local tribesman. The man hugged it. He expressed great appreciation for the precious gift. A few days later, the missionary saw the same man again. To his dismay, the Bible ...read more

  • Some Time Ago A Man Was Staying In A Chalet In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,923 views

    Some time ago a man was staying in a chalet in the Swiss Alps. Early one morning he heard what sounded like an earthquake. Hurriedly he got out of bed and ran to the front desk and asked if there was something wrong, if the mountains were breaking up? He was scared. The man at the front desk ...read more

  • Missionary/Evangelist Stanley Jones Wrote: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,414 views

    Missionary/evangelist Stanley Jones wrote: "Swami Shivananda, a famous swami in India, used to tell his disciples: ’Kill the mind and then, and then only, can you meditate.’ The Christian position is, ’You shall love the Lord thy God with all your mind’--the intellectual nature; ’with all your ...read more

  • One Day A Young Minister Was Being Escorted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,762 views

    One day a young minister was being escorted through a coalmine. At the entrance of one of the dim passageways, he spied a beautiful white flower growing out of the black earth. "How can it blossom in such purity and radiance in this dirty mine? The preacher asked. "Throw some coal dust on it and ...read more

  • The Focal Point  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,469 views

    When Whistler was at the height of his artistic career, a wealthy patron purchased one of his pictures on the condition that the artist would accompany him home and help select a spot to hang the picture. Once at his mansion, the man held up the picture first here and then there, each time asking, ...read more

  • One Of The Wisest Statements I Ever Read Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,640 views

    One of the wisest statements I ever read said that feelings must be owned before they can be disowned. People who make the psychological approach of “stuffing their feelings” do themselves a disservice. They avoid hard reality instead of working through it. Joseph Scriven, whose fiancée was ...read more

  • John Wesley And George Whitefield Were Two Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,958 views

    John Wesley and George Whitefield were two of the greatest preachers of the 18th Century. They became close friends while attending college at Oxford, but their theological differences eventually caused them to drift apart. In fact, there was quite a bit of animosity between their followers. One of ...read more

  • Clarence Thomas, The Brilliant Supreme Court ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,693 views

    CLARENCE THOMAS, THE BRILLIANT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WRITES: “AS CHRISTIANS WE NEED TO KNOW THAT BEING A NEIGHBOR IS IN EVERY WAY AN EXERCISE IN MEEKNESS. ON THE ONE HAND WE ARE TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBOR; ALWAYS WILLING TO TOLERATE HIS WEAKNESSES AND IDIOSYNCRASIES. WE MUST EXERCISE THIS TO THE ...read more

  • How Would Your Church Respond If Your Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,920 views

    How would your church respond if your young people were approached by an organized cult? One night at a church skating party, a group of teenagers were "befriended" by several men who asked about their spiritual lives. The teenagers were given an invitation to join them for a series of special ...read more

  • When We Get Taken Over By Habits, Addictions Or ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 27, 2007
     | 1,922 views

    When we get taken over by habits, addictions or patterns of behaviour which stunt our purpose in life it is often helpful to do something to break the cycle. Just as it’s good for a recovering alcoholic to get rid of every drop of alcohol in the house, there was an occasion when I threw away two ...read more